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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
Aaron Burr's Wooing.

FROM the commandants quarters on West
chester Height
The blue hills Of Ramapo lie in fun sight:
On their slope CLEANS the gable that shields
his hearts queen,
But the redcoates are weary-the Hudson's
between.
Through the camp runs Jest: "There's nc
moon twill be dark
lis odds little Aaron viii 90 on a spark
And the toast OF the troopers is "pickcts lie
And good lnck to the colonel and Widow Pre-.
yosti"
Eight miles to the liver IL Gallops his steed,
Lays him bound Ia the barge, bids his escort
make speed.
Loose their swords sit atheart, through the
fieet reach you shore:
NOT q word! not a splash of the thick mufied
Once across, once again In a seat. aud away
Frye leagnes are soon over when love has the
And "old Put ana his rider bride path
know
Tothe Hermitage manor Of Madame Provost.
Lightly donei but he halts in the groves
Ties his horse 20 birch, trims his cues, sings
his blade.
Wipes the dust and the dew from his smooth
handsome face
With kerchief she broideted afiit3s a5ordered in
lace;
Then slips through the box rows and taps at
the han
Secs the CLINT Of a wax light, hand white and
small,
And the door is nnbarred by herself allaglow
Half in smiles, half in tears-1heodosia Pre-
vost.
AlaclS, for the soldier that's buried and gone
Whats voliey above him, IL wreath on his
Compared with sweet life and a wife for ones
view
Like this dame ripe and warm in her India
fichu?
She ehidcs her bold lover, yet holds him more
dear,
For the daring that brings him a night rider
here;
British gallants by day through her doors
come ana go,
Buta Yankees the winner of Theo. Provost.
Where's the widow or maid with a mouth TO
be kist
When Burr comes a wooing, that long would
resist2
Lights ana wine on the bcaufet, the shutters
an fast.
And 'Old Put" stamps in vain till an hour has
flown past-
Butan hour, for catalogues must be covered
ere day {:
Laughs Aaron, Let Washington frown as he
may,
When nc hears OF me next in II raid on the foe
Hon forgive this nights tryst with the Widow
preYostY
Edmund Clarence stedman, in Harpers
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01

stances will be but little, quite a large
quantity can be made at one time
George I. Robbins says in the Bee
journal that it is safe to say that bees
never fight except in case one party
has reason to regard the others as rob
bers or trespassers. The entire secret
of uniting successfully is to do it at a
time or under circumstances when that
will not occur | never could unite
two colonies safely alta time when bees
are flying. Each party takes the
others to be intruders, aud they win
fight to the death But on cool or
cloudy day, or in early morning or late
eveuing-any time when bees remain
quietly at home-I may unite them in
any way may desire. The fact that
no bees are 1ying-that it is no time
to be out-seems to preclude the idea
that either party can be intruders.
On The subject of washing wool the
Wool Joarnot says more than nine
tenths of the domestic clip now comes
to market unwashed The quotations
are mostly made for unwashed wool.
Shrinkages are more accurately estl-
mated on wool in its natural state than
when it has been washed. There is no
uniform standard among growers as
to how much or how little it shall be
washed. So it happens that a miscel-
laneous lot of washed wool $50 called, }
collected in any Of the sections where
the old practice of sheep washing still
prevails, varies so widely in condition
that anything like correct estimate
Of the shrnkage Of the entire lot Is inn
possible. 1t is little better than guess
ing 70 buy such lot at stated price
per pound. Tne well washed wool
generally sells the half washed lots.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
Oar Boundary Marks

A glance at the map Of the United
States shows that its boundary adjoin-
ing Canada follows, the larger part of
the distance, an irregular water-liue
formed by their great lakes and their
outlets.
Thence from the Lake of the Woods,
on the north of Minnesota, more
direct course is taken through the
wilderness and over the mountains of
the wild West to the Pacific coast.
This boundary between the countries
is marked at regular intervals by
pillars Of wood and iron, earth mounds
or stone cairns.
Beginning at the Lake OF the Woods,
cast-iron pillars have been placed al
ternately by the English and our
government, one mile apart, until
reaching the Red River Valley.
Those set by our neighbor were
brought from over the ocean, while
ours were made in Detroit. They arc
hollow casting of pyramidal form,
eight feet in height, having n base
eight inches square and octagon tlange
one inch in thickness, with n top four
inches square, surmounted by a solid
cap.
into the hollow post arc fitted
well-seasoned cedar josts, with spikes
driven through apertures made for
that purpose in the casting. One-half
of the length of the pillars are firmly
imbedded in the ground, so that the
inscriptions on thcis sides, in raised
letters two inches high, face the north
and south, the first reading "Conyen-
ton Of London" the latter October,
Goth, 1878.
Beyond the Red River, earth mounds
and stone cairns seven feet by eight
generally denote the boundary-line,
Whenever wooden posts are used, they
are of the same height us the iron
pillars, and painted above the
ground.
Through forests clearing has been
made rod wide, so that the course is
plainly indicated. Where bodies OF
water are crossed, monuments OF
stone have been raised several feet
above high-tide.
Over the mountains, shafts of granite
like grim sentinels guard the way. Al
together the fixing Of the boundary.
marks was expensive, but was well
done. Golden Days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
She Had But Fifty Cents.

4 young New Yorker who likes
good clothes and wears EN-, and who
particularly enjoyed taking young
ladies to the theatre and to little
luncheon III Deimonico's or the Bruins
wick afterward, has become engaged
to Connecticut girl
He took his sweetheart to the Dam
bury Fair, and wanted to treat her in
royal New York style A girl friend
of his sweetheart tagged on, aud there
was no recourse for the young New
Yorker but to invite her to dinner
along with his girl He plunged into
the bill of fare, and ordered a dinner
that would make $40 look misty, but
through every course the new girl
repeatedly remarked, as she saw the
choice food brought on:
i haven't got but so cents"
She ding-donged the fact that she
hadn't but so cents. Notifying the
young mans sweetheart until her
face was as red as peony. The
young man? Wen, he felt ike a
prince thrown into the mud and
hungry for somebody to come along
and drive him in per.-NeV YORK
san
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
He Didn't Call Again.

A Brooklyn young man with
modest bank account and bright pros
poets, but without the remotest desire
to become n benedict, at least at pres
emit, thinks he met the great crisis of
his life last summer. II won't men
ton any Names he said. 'as | tell
the story simply as joke on me. You
know | want to have my fling. | like
to take young ladies to the theatre
and opera and to dancing receptions.
| am particularly fond of having a
bright young creature beside me when
| take an afternoon drive. Well, /
met a charming young woman of
about 80 at Saratoga. Her folks were
there. On my third drive with her we
chatted quite aifectionately, and as we
parted for the evening she tenderly
said: Do you care if tell my mamma
of your affection for me? | am 20
years old, and if live to be 80 never
expect to be tloored as | was when
that question came creeping in my
ears. She, bless her, knew that a man
can only be happy with a charming
woman for his life companion, but |
wasn't quite ready to be convinced. /
stammered that perhaps it would be
advisable to defer informing her mann
ma until | called again. | left the
springs the next morning on the first
train, and haven't seen my fair quos-
toner since. "-Net0 York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
!. =. i,laL I ronr nance he asked.

g -; ilaL IS your name? he asked.
Marguerite, she answered; and
then won to confidence by his friendly
manner, she added: i live here, but
my papa is away, and my mamma IS
dead.
"Pierres gaze fell upon my face,
which was working convulsiyely spite
of all my efforts ut control. and vague
fear seemed to spring into his mind.
Rising hurriedly,he put her from him.
81 must gonow--l feel stronger, he
said-tEough his looks belied his
words-'I must not stay longer from
the side Of my loved ones.
oh, Pierre, stay-do not goF /
cried.
His eyes dilated with an expression
of terror.
.. Tell me truly, he exclaimed, how
is it with my Marguerite?'
81 could not answer He read the
truth in my face With cry he sank
back and coyerd his eyes with his
hands. Then quickly as | could |
told him everything that had hap
pened-witholding nothing-for it was
best.
"As | spoke, the little enc, awed by
the strange scene, had again drawn
near. With a conyulsive motion he
caught her to him, and bowed his face
upon her shining hair. And this is
her child! Marguerite's childp
1T was a pjteous sight, and / will
not dilate upon it longer. Pierre
stayea at the parsonage; and after a
while-I let him take his own time
he told me how he had been left for
dead upon the field, and had recovered
consciousness TO find himself prison
el in the enemy's hands; how he had
been confined ever since, until at last
escaping, he had jourueyed on foot over
mountains and through forests, buoyed
up by the hope of reaching his native
village, and there, amid the minis
trations of his dear ones, regaining
his strength anG passing in happiness
the rest of his life.
"As you may have surmised, the
poor fellow did not live long to bear
his great disappointment. In the
village cemetery-not far from the
resting-place of her he loyed-is a
grave conspicuous from any other by
the stately granite pillar which his
townspeople have erected to the mem
ory of Pierre the Hero, their country
man, who by his courage twice saved
the day for France.
Those are his medals which he
managed to conceal and preserve
through all his wanderings. He left
them in my charge, for the child of
Marguerite.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
Some Simple Rena,,


homeless bacon, pepper 9 ,t; q
tie around the throat NJ; alsSiy |
cloth. N'la iii
When stung by a ben =.
make a paste Of common y
water, put on the place a, 'A''a
cover with n cloth. - va's
For d cold on the cbos,
rag rung out in boilino Z II
sprinkled with turpentige N. ea'e'
chest gives the greatest reli ,lIa %
When a felon first begins :,
its appearance, take a iemo, F"
one end, put the finger in an5
CT it is kept there the better ny
For a cough, boil one onno.
seed in a pint Of water. stra f'
little honey, one ounce \
candy, and the juice Of tbrs. Z
mix and boil well. Drink ~
possible. -
Often after cooking a Meal
will feel tired and have M n,
for this beat raw eeg until
in a little milk and sugar an5'
with nutmeg. Drink half N M
fore eating. Ivy
For burn or scald, make Nd
common baking soda and w,iss
ply at once and cover MIA 4
cloth. When the skin is broS~
ply the white Of an egg with aal
this gives instant relief as il tsso'
air from the flesh.
At the first signs Of a rin,y,,
take cupful of wood ashes,putIa I
with quart of cold water. pDt A.
on the stove, put your tiarsr N
pan, keep it there until the 9w,tsl
gins to boil, or as long as Il VI
borne. Repeat once OF twice Il N
sary. Good Housekeeping
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
Burial in Anam.

When any one of their number
friends and neighbors hasten g
mountains, hew down a tree, lq
it out, and, after having washed
dressed the body, put sugar-cane
its mouth and invoking the Shade
the dead, place it in this rude g
open the eyes so as to look Aea
ward, and then carefully seal It
On the day OF burial sacrihces az
dulged in, according to the mean
the relatives of the deceased
grave is usually made in forest,
the hewing of trees therein is u
stitiously avoided. A soothsayeF
priest, plants two reeds at the %
of a stream in such q manner tlaI
parents of the dead can pass ~
meath; while doing this he spFa
water upon them which had oeeaI
to clean rice. After washing
clothes and cutting their naIf'
enter the house, and, in order e I
the depth Of their sorrow, thFo" Y
thing about the house into coAi''
The priest arriving, he repIVl
them, restores order and spr.aAs'
kind of holy water in order Y
out the evil spirits. -Fop'''af II
Monthly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
SNOW Sheds in the ntounlu,u..


There is nothing peculiar in the con-
structiou of these sheds, which have TO
support only the burden of the snow.
But on the line Of the Canadian Pacific
road, where the road crosses the Rocky
Mountains, sheds of different con
siruction are needed Before the road
was completed observations in tho
mountains showed that avalanches
must be provided against. A single
avalanche covered the track for n dis
lance of 1900 feet and to the depth Of
so feet. The result OF these observa-
tions was that the company constructed
four and half miles Of snow sheds at
an enormous expense.
The sheds are constructed as follows:
On the high side of the mountain slope
a timber crib, filled with stone, is con-
structed. Along the entire length of
the shed, and on the opposite side OF
the track. timber trestle is erected;
strong timber beams are laid from the
top of the crib-wor6 to the top of the
trcstlo, four feet apart and at an angle
representing the slope Of the mount
ain rs nearly rs possible.
These are covered with four-inch
planking, and the beams are bracej
on either side from the restle aud
from the crib The covering is placed
at such a height as TO give twenty-one
feet Roadway from the under side OF
the beam to the cehter Of the track.
The longest Of these sheds is 3, zoo feet
~ Youths Companion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
How a Baby Beaver Made a n

81 know of a naturalist dovI
Eastern Maine, said a weu.rl
Maine college professor yesg
"who wouldn't be convinced
beavers could build dams till "A
it done with his own eyes. One
bought a baby beaver Of a hunted
traps them and sent him to my hi
al friend. He grew greatly ATTACKS
the little fellow and kept him M
house, but he often wrote to me
the beaver didn't show any propei
at all for dam-building. One Me,
washing day, his wife sat a leaky.
full of water ON the kitchen floor
beaver was in the kitchen, he wasI
a baby then, too, and he saw
water oozing out of a crack inthsI
He scampered out into the I
brought in a chip, and began bull
his dam. The naturalist wa,
moned. He watched the little ID
thunderstruck. Said he; Leave
pail there, wife, till doomsday, i
be, and let's see what the little i
will do. The beaver kept atii
four weeks, until he had built
dam clean around the pail, Ny
uralist friend is quite beaver
to-day. They say, you know,
down east there is Il beaver dam
$500, 000could not build thelike ot
men don't know everything
wasp knew how to make paper b
we did. "-LelOiSto3. me- Joaaa
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-01
Not to be Fooled a second

An enterprising firm IN wv
recently stationed in the iF9a'
certain dummy figures when II
tired in full dress suits and 'H9'
very human. A few days age : Z
tryman approached one q 'a ..gao
extending his hand, said I'M
do" The dummy neither se'-,'
prof'ered hand nor smIlea Nv II
acknowledgement Of the salute III
in the house laughed and the sg \,
man, seeing hattie was sou ~.
on down the street. a few l9 ..
low a stiff young man, ofea'u' .,e
haps about his best girl was
with his features fixed ana "
against the door-facing. lhe'g
man east m inquiring glahee sl
face and then slapped hlm y III If
remarking contemptuoqsl. M
another one Of them damn
Vald0gta Ca Times.
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A DeIIEhtrul RlorrapAr.

The multitude of readers who are indebted
to George Ebers. tho scholar and prose poet,
for the many vivid and enchanting glimpsos OF
Egyptian life under the Pharaohs revealed in
his series of romances, will gladly learn that
his biography OF his recently deceased friend
and teacher RICHARD LEPsIUs. has been made
accessible in an English version published by
w. s. GottsberGer. The task Of translation,
which in this instance was sinGuarly difficult
for here the authors mutiform gifts and nc
luirements, his keen sympathies, his magma
tive power, his broad yet exact erudition, and
his critical insight had all been brought into
play-has been performed by Mrs T. ID. Under
hill with rare fidelity felicity, and grace. 1t is
hard to transplant even o German novel into
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Book Notes.

Stories Of Our Country" by James Johon-
not, forms one Of the historical series OF prim-
ers published by the Appetons Tho stories
are familiar ones, and arc well told
The Appletons publish IL translation by w.
n liaimann of Frederick Iroebel's "Educa-
tion of Man." setting forth the principles
upon which the latter based his kindergarten
system. The edtorof the volume, Prof. William
T. Harris OF the Concord School OF Philosophy,
furnishes an excellent preface.
In his " Evangestic Work" Baker 4 Taylor
Company, the Rev. DR.. Arthur r. Pierson has
collected n body Of precept and information
which ought to prove valuable to those inter-
ested in the subject. His sketches of promi-
nent evangelists in modern times form an in
teresting feature of the work.
In his "Rocollections of Sea Wanderer's
Life" George Davis, u veteran sailor, relates
his thirty years experience before the mast
1t is the blunt and simple narrative of thor
oughgoinG mariner who explored many seas,
visited many ports, and sailed under half
dozen flags, and Is readable to tho last page.
Thomas Whitaker publishes in pretty lit
tie volume "Transations from the Poems OF
Victor Hugo" by Henry Darlington. Although
the book has reached u second edition, we full
to see that it possesses any special merit. The
satire, pathos, and fire of Hugo disappear in
Mr.. Carrington's clumsy verses.
Under the title OF Hegels Philosophy OF the
State and Of History" Prof. George 4. Morris
of the University Of Michigan has produced
mastery exposition OF the argument In two OF
HeGsl's most important contributions TO mod
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THE SUM- SUNDAY NOVEMBER, 40. PAGES

social refinement, increase the variety and
amount OF human wants, and thus enlarge the
consumption OF the products Of labor. The
book contains n great deal Of good sense es-
pecinlly In It's criticism OF the one sided views
OF the standard economical teachers, who con-
fine their attention too exclusively to produce
ton as the sole means Of creating wealth. re-
CARELESS OF tho consuming power OF society.
without which production Is useless. White.
therefore, II Is OF little use as guide to practi-
cal measures, II is valuable addition to theo-
retic knowledge, and as such we recommend
Its perusal to those interested In the subject.
Some Official Correspondence OF George
Canning uongmans, Green Il Co.. Ia tho title
OF work in two large Volumes edited by
Edward j. Stapleton, and intended to supple
ment two works by the late Augustus Staple
ton. The Political Life of George Canning"
and George Canning and his Times" without
preliminary reading Of these works, much
OF this correspondence. Notwithstanding tho
ample and excellent explanatory notes OF the
editor would prove Of slight interest. II not
almost unintelligible, to the modern reader. 1t
covers period Of rather more than six years,
ending within q few days Of the death OF Can
ming. Aug. 8, 1927, at which time he. was Prime
Minister. These years witnessed the pre!lmi-
triumph Of Parliamentary reform and Oatho-
llC IL W needless, perhaps,
to say hat In this bitter contest Canning played
q prominent part on the losing side. Not all Of
the letters contained in these volumes accord
with the announcement on the tito page.
Some Of tho most interesting and amusing are
OF private character. In letter dated Nov.
pc, 1925. Wordsworth thanks Canning forprom-
isinE to exert his influence In obtaining fol-
lowship in Merton College. Oxford. for the
poets son. incidentally he expresses regret
that Clifford is to be succeeded in the manage
cause the latter is n Scotchman, and because
an instance has never been known unless,
perhaps. we except that OF Smoett) of n thor
oughbred Scotchman being able to write Eng
lish with ,idiomatic grace and purity: and Of
that which North Britain cannot write as an
EnSlshman, how is he TO Judge MS one?" And
yet the captious bard Of Rydal Mount had be-
foro him such examples of Scottish writer's Of
idiomatic English rs Hume, Robertson. Scott.
Jeffrey and Christopher North, not to mention
Locklar himself
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Tho Sick Child.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
o.. CHILD.
o mother. lay your hand on my browi
mother. mother. where am nowf
Why is the room so Raunt and greatf
Why am lying awake SO slatot
NoTuER
Fear not at ALL the night In still:
Nothing is here that means you Ill
Nothing but lamps the whole town through,
And never child awake but you
CHILD.
Mother. mother. speak low in my ear.
Some OF .he things are so great and near
Some are so small and far away
have "a fear that cannot say.
What have done, and what do fear.
And why are you crying, mother dearf
MOTHER
Ont in the city the sounds begin;
Thank tue kind God. the carts come In!
An hour or two more and God IL no kind.
The day shall be blue In the window blind;
Then shall my child go sweetly asleep
Aud d.ean Of the o;sds and the hills Of sheep.
RoBrRr Louis STEVENSON.
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POEMS WORTH READING
Indian Summer.

Fom the Chicago Tribune.
Now the gorgeous Indian summer
Golden. mellow Indian summer,
Growing glory OF the season.
Throws her flfny, hAEy innntol
Over all the dreamy lAndacape;
Tempts the pcnt.pp, stired burgher
From hiA prison house TO wander.
Ont through trackless depths OF forest,
With Its leafy, rustling carpet
Out DER wilde and shinmcring prairie
Where the very air In laden
with the restful sigh Of Nature
In her dolce far niepte.
Little know yc luCklesS jewellers
In the arid regtoDs eastward,
OF the glory OF the autumn
In the Mississippi valley:
How Its fragrance II lmparteth
In a measure that ye know not
To her wealth Of vegetation.
See the ripe but humble pumpkin,
How It yieldeth IN Its treasure.
In n creamy, luscious richness
Such IA nowhere In New England
Ever tsinpts the sated palate
or the angular, dyspeptic,
Lean. and hungry Oriental
Doomed to wander all life's journey
TN the shores Of the Atlantic,
Como ye Westward ye unhappy,
Mournful, sour and restless Pilgrim.
Come and see our Indian summer,
And then die IL you feel like III
STANLEY WATERLOO.
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Sawdust.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The mill saw with its teeth of steel
Bites through the log upon the tram
And drops the dust like golden meal
Into the stream below the dam
II floats in long procession down.
futs golden fringe OH the.waters edge,
Or rests in nockle,s green and brown,
And shines like sparks among the sedge.
Now swims particle away
And minnows push Il here and there
As boys at football love the play
On summer ia s In the summer air.
The water shouts in cheering tones
A float the shining masses down
Around the curves, among the stones,
And past the busy trade blind town.
And still the saw with teeth of steel
Bites through the log upon the tram
And drops its food like golden meal
Into the stream below the dam.
JEROME W, TURNER